Review: Vogue 8612 | The Lip Print Neoprene Sheath Dress!

Since I finished this dress around a week ago, I've been puzzled to death why I waited so long to make this pattern? Because I'm madly in love with this dress!

This is OOP Vogue 8612. I cut the size 12 and added about 3 inches to the length.

My fabric is this adorable Pop Art Lips Digitally Printed Neoprene from Mood Fabrics that sold out almost as fast as I could add my couple of yards to my cart. But if you like this print, it is still currently available in a poly charmeuse and poly chiffon (which would make a great kimono or a beach cover up). As I mentioned on my Instagram, this print was a complete outside of the box selection for me. As someone who is not the biggest fan of prints, it was just something about it that I was drawn to. I like that the dress is full of color without being dizzily overwhelming. It has a bold spectrum of color, yet at the same time it's subtle. And I can look at it without getting a migraine! And I just knew it would look great with this design. It gives it an almost vintagey, pinup girl-esque quality.

This dress went together in less than an hour. It has a lot of darts though, both vertical - front and back and horizontal. And what also sped up the construction was that I omitted the lining. It was not needed with my fabric.

For my v-neckline, I followed a construction tip from the Fashion Incubator. And I carefully understitched so that my facing wouldn't flip back out. And also, for my first go I noticed that my neckline was not laying flat and was a tad bit floppy. I added additional fusible interfacing then shaped and steamed the hell out of it while on the dressform.

The dress has a 1.25" blind hem. And I like to interface mine.

And I interfaced my vent as well. This dress has an invisible zipper, which I could've easily left out. This neoprene jersey has plenty of stretch. I adore this dress and I think I will make another one, that fuchsia one on the envelope color is screaming out to me!

**Styling tip: For me, since this was an interesting print, I decided to let it be the star. I opted against a necklace and let the neckline and the décolletagedo the accessorizing. And I used a fuchsia clutch and turquoise pumps and earrings to pull those colors out of the dress.

Hello! Is this the print that Goodbye Valentino was on about? She said that one of the cool bloggers would use it, so I guess that's you! That's one great dress you've made right there, I must try neoprene, you're teaching me here, never thought you could press it? Never mind add interfacing.

Please do a blog on time management. After I've been to work and gone to gym my sewing time is seriously cut down, I'm impressed at your productivity!